UbiSoft have attracted criticism in the past for the way they handle DRM on their PC titles, but they should get awards for what they have done on the DS. The publisher recently released The Michael Jackson Experience for DS, and a clever piece of coding detects if the game is being run off a flash card and the copy protection kicks in – blaring vuvulzeulas over the top of the soundtrack. It follows in the footsteps of similar protection that was used on the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum in which the game was playable till a point then Batman’s cape was unable to glide leading to instant death – and lots of people going to the official Q&A forum for advice only to be found out as pirates.
Minecraft – The Spotify Album
0 CommentsNovember 25, 2010 – 2:31 pm
You come home on a Friday night after a stressful week and decide to treat yourself to 10 minutes of Minecraft before settling down to the fun of the weekend. However those 10 minutes soon turn into hours and before you know it is already Monday morning and you are off back to work. Has the weekend been wasted? Of course not! The question is – how do you integrate Minecraft into other aspects of life? No matter how hard you try, you can’t sit at a computer 24 hours a day. Luckily a plucky fan is lending a helping hand by creating a Minecraft album on Spotify, so no matter where you go you always have the sweet sounds of building in your eyes. You can have a listen by clicking here.
Racing Game NONSENSE
0 CommentsNovember 23, 2010 – 8:51 pm
In the red corner, Joyride for Xbox 360Kinect and in the blue corner the Go Kart ode from Gran Turismo 5. Which one has the daftest video on YouTube? You decide. Also as a special bonus we have the trailer from 80’s classic Pole Postition – they don’t make them like that anymore.
Kinect Hacks
0 CommentsNovember 17, 2010 – 9:22 pm
New shiny piece of tech out – what is the first thing you do with it? Hack it to run on Linux of course. Some very brainy people are making some fantastic looking projects withe the Xbox 360 Kinect motion camera, and Google SEO God Matt Cutts has even put up a couple of thousand dollars to the team who makes the best hack. Check out a couple of videos below to see the work done so far.
Gaming Cakes
0 CommentsNovember 15, 2010 – 4:00 pm
Mondays are rather crappy, but cake is not so what better way to ease the Monday blues than by looking at some gaming themed cakes then rushing down to the bakery for a cream bun. Mario Cake picture from Joystiq.
